Shoe-lining, backstay, and counter.



N5. 876,473. PATENTED JAN. 14, 1908" J. MITCHELL,

SHOE LINING, BAGKSTAY, AND COUNTER. APPLICATION FILED 00129. 1906.

cation.

JACOB MITCHELL, OF DETROIT,

MICHIGAN, Assienoa TO MITCHELL SHOE-LINING COMPANY,

OF ROYAL OAK MICHIGAN.

SHOE-LINING, BACKSTAY, AND COUNTER.

Specification otLetters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

Application filed October 29. 1906. Serial No. 341.019-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Combination of Shoe-Lining, Backstay, and

Counter, of which the following is a specifi- My invention relates toshoes, and more particularly to a-combination of lining, back stay andcounter, and the object is to provide a construction by means of whichthe manufacture of shoes may be materially facilitated and the completedshoe strengthened and rendered more comfortable for the wearer.

The invention consists in.-.the particular combination of lining, backstay and counter described in the following specification and set forthin the appended claim.

In the accom anying drawings: Figure 1 is a View of the )ackstay-flattened out; Fig. 2 is a View of the same folded and in readinessto be attached to the counter; Fig. 3 shows the back stay and counterassembled; Fig. 4 showsthe next stage of manufacture, with one half ofthe back stay secured to the lining; Fig. 5 shows the completed article,the back sta being bent over the top of the lining; and ig.. 6 showsan'as'senibled back stay and counter, the latter being added.

*Referring' to. these views, it wi 1 be seen that the back stay C, whichmay be of cloth, lSifOlHlGd from a narrow elongated blank, asillustrated in Fig. 1. A reinforce strip E may be placed along one endportion of the stay, after which the'marginal regions of this half ofthe stay are bent over upon the reinover upon forcement, as shown inFig. 2. The next step is to secure the counter D to the broader as shownin .Fig. 3, after one side of the lining along the median. or heel linethereof, asshown in Fig.4. The counter-bearing half of the stay is nowbent the other side of the lining,

with I e counter between the stay and lining, and stay and counter aresecured to the lining, as shown in Fig. 5.

At A in Fig. 6 is indicated how the counter may be padded, to render theheel of the shoe more comfortable to the wearer, or to provide for theabsorption of moisture.

The great advantage of the construction shown in Fig. 5 is that thelining is efiectually supported and reinforced before the guarters andvamp are attached, thus .ren-

ering easier the handling of the lining during the completion of theshoe. ment of the lining is effected, it will be seen, by theassociation of the back stay with both sides of the lining and by therigidity which is afforded by the counter inserted between the liningand stay.' It will be obvious that the construction also materiallystrengthens the completed shoe.

The simplicity of apparent, as also the ease .with which the Thisre1nforcethe construction will be parts may be manufactured'andassembled.

The back stay is in the form of a simple elongated strip'and is readilysecured to both the counter and lining over these members and stitching.smooth stay secured over the median line of the lining and overv thecentral portion of the counter insureswill not become rubbed and chafed.

What is claimed as new is:-

In shoes, the combination of alining, a back stay in the form of anarrow elongated strip folded centrally over the to of the lining andhaving its halves secured to the opposite sides of the lining along themedian line thereof, and a counter base of the lining and thelowerportion of one by merely lacin it I his that the heel of the wearerdisposed between the of the strip-like halves of the stay and secured rto both the lining and stay.

' i J ACOB'MITCHELL.

Witnesses I MAUDE T. EBLING, EMMAB. HoFFsTErrEB.

